Agnes, a lonely teenage girl, and her father befriend an escaped convict, named Joseph, who arrives at their farm in Brittany, France. When Joseph develops an attraction to Agnes, her father threatens to break up the union.
Acting
Patricia Gozzi's fragile, feral debut at 15
Cinematography
Brittany coast as character—beautiful and imprisoning
Direction
Guillermin builds dread from silence and glances
Director
John Guillermin
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